FEATURE
DREAM BIG WITH US
Planning for the Future of Wylie Parks and Recreation
In
early summer 2020, the Wylie City Council
facilities, and programs served more than 2.5 million
adopted a Parks, Recreation, and Open
visitors including children, pre-teens, teens, adults,
Spaces Master Plan to provide direction for
and seniors.
park expansion, park redevelopment, and new park development to serve the growing population of Wylie. Wylie’s parks and recreation system has seen
The Master Plan process began in May 2018. The goal of the plan was to identify and prepare for future implementation of the City’s parks and recreation
incredible growth and changes over the past ten
needs for the next five-year to ten-year period.
years. Today, the Parks and Recreation Department
During that time, a planning team interacted with
cares for 648 acres of parks and natural areas and
a diverse Steering Committee, as well as various
18 miles of trail. In 2019 Wylie Parks and Recreation
City staff, community leaders, and citizen groups to
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